2010 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT (3.4 Mo) - Groupe Casino

PARENT COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTSNotes to the income statement and balance sheet4Treasury shares 2010 2009NUMBER OF SHARES HELDMarketablesecuritiesLong-terminvestments Total TotalAt 1 January 85,000 0 85,000 75,314Shares purchased 2,180,089 25,445 2,205,534 4,966,850Shares sold (2,258,161) (25,445) (2,283,606) (4,957,164)AT 31 DECEMBER 6,928 0 6,928 85,000VALUE OF SHARES HELD (in € millions)At 1 January 4.4 0.0 4.4 3.5Shares purchased 139.2 1.7 140.9 249.8Shares sold (143.2) (1.7) (144.9) (248.9)AT 31 DECEMBER 0.4 0.0 0.4 4.4Average purchase price per share (€) 51.8 - 51.8 51.8% of share capital 0.01 0.08Underlying net assets (in € millions) 0.4 5.7In February 2005, Casino, Guichard-Perrachon signed a liquiditycontract with Rothschild & Cie Banque authorising Rothschild & Cieto trade in the Company’s shares on Euronext Paris in order to ensurea liquid market for the shares.The Company allocated 700,000 ordinary shares and the sum of€40.0 million to the liquidity account. At 31 December 2010, no Casino,Guichard-Perrachon shares were held under the contract.At the year-end, the company owned 6,928 ordinary shares with a parvalue of €1.53. Their aggregate quoted market value at 31 December2010 was €0.5 million. Based on the average quoted price for themonth of December, no impairment provisions were required at theyear-end.No stock options were granted to executive officers or employeesin 2010.NOTE 9. ACCRUALS AND OTHER ASSETS€ millions 2010 2009Bond issue premium 117.0 0.5Prepaid expenses 2.2 0.7Unrealised exchange losses 1.4 1.6TOTAL ACCRUALS AND OTHER ASSETS 120.6 2.8Bond issue premiums are amortised on a straight-line basis over the life of the bonds.The increase in bond issue premium was due to the bond exchange transactions described in note 13.Registration Document 2010 | Casino Group139